Originally Posted by
KC135
Most would also assume that 10-20 years of RJ Captain experience would translate to an 100% pass rate in initial training but no better example to prove that percentage wrong was seen throughout the industry after hiring Comair veterans. Don't get me wrong, this wasn't the majority and we have some great pilots from there but the failure/washout rate across the industry was surprisingly a lot more than a couple.
That's not just Comair folks though. I think if you took a training snapshot of anyone who spends a prolonged time in one airplane, the transition to another is difficult. When you take someone with 10 years of automation and put them into an MD-80 for example, they will have a steep learning curve. Just the scan alone will take a while to come back.
We see the same thing happening with some of the senior 80 guys here going to the Airbus.
Not a pilot skill problem IMO.